On 6th November 2024 Fr Cetus Noone OFM died peacefully in Carrigoran Nursing Home, Co. Clare. He was just short of his 92nd birthday.

Francis Noone was born in November 1932 in Woodquay, Galway city, where he was an altar boy in the nearby Franciscan church, “The Abbey”.

He joined the Friars Minor in 1951 when he went to the novitiate in Killarney where he received his religous name, Cletus. He celebrated his First Profession the following year, and after studies in Galway and Rome he was ordained to the priesthood in 1959.

Over his long years of priestly ministry, Cletus served in our friaries in Killarney, where he was appointed Guardian, and in Limerick and Ennis, where he spent the last decades of his life.

His warm, jovial personality warmed him to the people, and he was a popular preacher. His weekly homilies at the St Anthony Novena always began with the telling of a few jokes.

For years Cletus hosted a well-liked weekly Saturday night programme on Clare FM, “Noone at Night”. The hour included songs, listeners requests, reflections and occasional interviews.

Funeral Arrangements

Reposing at Daly’s Funeral Home, Francis Street, Ennis from 4.00pm to 6.00pm on Friday 8th. Removal from Daly’s Funeral Home, Francis Street to the Franciscan Friary on Friday 8th at 6.00pm. 

Funeral Mass will take place on Saturday 9th at 11.30am, followed by burial in the Franciscan Abbey plot, Abbey Street, Ennis. 

Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a anam